Battlefield 3 Features Disclosed?

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A mysterious document hints at another entry in the series.

By Daemon Hatfield

Battlefield 2142 was released in October of last year, and Battlefield: Bad Company is set to arrive in early 2008. DigitalBattle is reporting it has been forwarded an internal document that may be the first details on an unannounced Battlefield game, possibly Battlefield 3.

DigitalBattle says the document, a PDF file, seems to be targeted towards investors and lists a set of game features:

Release in late 2008

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Set in year modern day

Will ship with 8 maps, each supporting up to 40-players per team

Two playable factions, NATO and MEC (Middle Eastern Coalition)

Same "ticket-based" gameplay style as before

Maps are mostly urban, based in Middle East

Squads and Commanders are present, introduced are "Battalions" which consist of three to four squads.

Five playable classes; Sniper, Assault, Engineer, Medic and Support

Will feature 48 different vehicles (24 for each faction)

Will feature 34 different weapons (17 for each faction) and another 22 unlocks (for both factions), in total 56 different weapons.

Other unlocks include different types of ammunition, body armor, helmets, camouflage and accessories.

Possible public beta in "Summer 2008??

Online stats tracking, awards and "real world ranks"

"Soldier" feature, looks like MMO-styled characters and avatars

Ranked servers will be available for resellers weeks before the game ships

In-game replay and recording feature

VoIP, friends list, in-game IM-client and "extensive clan support"

Built-in auto software updater

Widows Vista and OS X

Announcement and teaser trailer in January 2008.

An urban map called "Baghdad Burning" is apparently also mentioned, and DigitalBattle notes it sounds like it will be similar to the "Strike at Karkand" map from Battlefield 2.

IGN is awaiting comment from Electronic Arts, publisher of the Battlefield series.